So here’s a little something I whipped up for the birthday BBQ we had for the BF and my younger brother last night. It’s a watermelon, fresh mozzarella and basil salad with reduced balsamic vinegar as the dressing, and it’s GOOD. The mozzarella soaks up the flavor of the watermelon, and with the balsamic on […]
This little masterpiece was an amalgam of a number of different Asian-inspired noodle salads I’ve come across in my travels, and basically came out like a deconstructed spring roll, with chicken. I poached the chicken with some peppercorns, salt and bay in the water, and it came out as some of the moistest, most flavorful
Ok, a day late posting, but I was seized by the need for veggies last night, and made a fabulous pasta primavera with a goat cheese sauce. It was lovely and springy, and exactly what I needed last night.
I have my first post up on the Soup’s On challenge blog. Just a little intro, and some possible selections for the challenge, which runs from 4/1 to 3/31/09.
Now, I’m not that much of a beef girl. I think I’ve had my own personal steak precisely once in my life. If I want some beefy goodness, I go for beef stew. Of course, the season for that is winding down now, so for probably the last time until next winter, I made my
I went ahead and tried my first recipe from the Google cookbook I received through LibraryThing. Above are Dragon’s Breath Noodles, some broiled salmon and asparagus. Much better meal then I usually manage on a Tuesday. The noodles were pretty good, and the sauce whips up in about two seconds flat, which is a plus
Sure, it’s a bastardization of a Rachael Ray recipe (my love of her oeuvre shames me, for no particularly good reason), but it’s Mexican macaroni and cheese! There’s chicken, and cilantro-y goodness! A combination of two of my comfort food standbys. I’ve been on a nearly two week long stretch of cooking apathy (mostly induced
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I had a rather lovely, fairly productive weekend. Saturday was my mother’s birthday, and we did a little girl’s afternoon out to the Skillin’s annual open house at their Falmouth greenhouse. Mom found a really cool Greenman to replace the eagle decoration that came with her garage, and I bought a new oxalis to replace
Well, I finished the left Fetching mitt. And this being my first experience with any sort of hand-wear, I promptly found that my hands are indeed actually longish enough that I need to account for it when making anything that’s supposed to end above my knuckles. I need to add at least five rows above
Yesterday was Christmas with my (de facto) in laws. BF’s brothers were both in (from DC and CO), so his parents came over from VT, and we had a feast last night. I’m still full. There was absolutely more seafood than you could shake a stick at (for the brother in CO, who likes to